1) Yes, clearly I’m not fighting ALL mechanization. What I’m trying to say here is not that mechanization is inherently evil, but that the evils brought on by mechanization should be resisted, even if the fight is ultimately doomed in a practical sense.

2) Excellent, excellent questions!
2a) I am not aware of any official injunctions against using genetically modified foods in ritual. I personally would very much prefer to use ‘real’ foods for ritual (and, for that matter, for mealtimes). If / when they become unavailable (or too expensive), I will accommodate.
2b) To my knowledge, no Pagans have ever expressed discriminatory doctrine like that. I certainly would not endorse excluding genetically modified folks from ceremony, membership, etc.

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If you really fought *all* science and mechnization, Jeff, you would not have a computer or a blog.

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Your piece mentioned fighting (futilely, however nobly) against such things as genetically modified food. Do any Druids (or other modern-day Pagans) have organizational policies against using genetically modified plants/animals in ceremonies (or at other times?) If any Pagans follow (or have contemplated following) such a policy, things might become difficult if genetically modified crops and livestock eventually become either /a/ the only kinds available, or /b/ the only kinds available for anyone who does not have a very, very large income and/or access to very, very carefully monitored farmland (which in itself would likely require having a very, very large income).
And … going beyond genetically modified food, how about genetically modified *folks*? To my personal knowledge, at least clergy and other members of various “mainstream American” (monotheist/Abrahamic/non-Pagan) faiths have stated (not fromthe pulpit, but in such venues as social conversation or in Letters to the Editor when the subject of human gene-modification arose) that, if this sort of thing became practical and common, either /a/ they would not knowingly allow gene-modified people to join (or to remain within) their faiths, to invite them into their congregations, or /b/ though they would allow gene-modified people as members (if the modification had aimed to prevent or cure an illness), still they would not allow any such people to marry and have children with other (unmodified) members of the faith, congregation, etc.
To your knowledge, have any Druids or other Pagans similarly concluded that genetically modified people (if they ever exist) Just Shouldn’t Belong?